Amend Amendment No. 23 by Hardcastle to CSSB 7 (house committee printing) in the chapter added by the amendment by adding the following appropriately numbered section:

Sec. ____. PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY. (a) An autologous adult stem cell bank created under this chapter operates solely for the purpose of storing and maintaining autologous adult stem cells.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a facility, entity, person, or institution that:

(1) extracts autologous cells or autologous adult stem cells;

(2) conducts research on autologous cells or autologous stem cells;

(3) provides educational instruction related to autologous cells or autologous adults stem cells at an institution of higher education; or

(4) performs therapeutic treatments involving the use of autologous cells or autologous adult stem cells.